Triple murder probe after deadly blaze at Shadwell home
In Shadwell county a fatal blaze left Mrs W J Thompson and two young children dead. Her husband Will J Thompson was arrested on a triple murder charge and held near Shadwell. He asserted innocence, blamed an old stove and denied marital discord. Neighbors and witnesses corroborate findings while authorities plan a preliminary hearing.
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Washington Post
Charlotte Ile
Shadwell
W. J. Thompson
Will J. Thomps
Ami
Lang
Charlottesville
Virginia Weddings Span Multiple Towns in Spring Ceremonies
A string of Virginia wedding notices dated April report nuptials across local towns. Wrederichabure and Miss Margaret Haisiup wed. Cecil H Emerson and Ada Domemeyer tied the knot. T M Balderson and Ruby Hart married in Richmond County. Alfred Dale Howen and Jamie Carr wed in Suffolk. Isabel Imboden and Fred Ro Sheen married in Bristol. Annie H Butcher and James Culbreth's Petersburg ceremony. Katharine Erma Maral and Holmes Crab wed in Shenandoah. Bertha Myers and Arthur Morris marry in Norfolk with a large bridal party.
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Wrederichabure
Lee Tyson
Margaret Haisiup
Ody
OH Lay
Newport
Fredericksburg
T M Balderson
Richmond County
Misa Ruby Mar Hart
BF. Wart
Sherwood
Stafford County
R A Willams
The
Baptist Church
Batdarson
Suffolk
Alfred Dale Howen
Christian Church
Jamie Carr
W. W. Staley
M. E Johnson
Horace J. Bowen
Willan Matthews
Washington
Philadelphia
Lynchburg
Grace Episcopal Church
Tor
John J Laord
Misa Isabel Imboden
Frank Imboden
Abingdon
Fredeock Ro Sheen
Bristol
N. A Culbreth
Ida M
Maree S. Butcher
Rev Li PD
Dave Goodman
Samuel Moyers
Marion Morris
J. Jacobs
Lee Hirschler
S. H. Langfeld
M. G. Nusbaum
Norfolk
Aronhelm
Tarbora
N. C
Diana Umsetadter
Harold
Boy Is Found In Norfolk In Kidnapping Case
Elizabeth City April 5 The disappearance of eight year old Kenneth Beasley son of Senator 8 M Beasley of Poplar Branch Currituck County is cleared up by his finding in Norfolk where he was taken during school recess on February 13 One kidnapper is reported arrested and Senator Beasley and Detective Hurricane Branch travel to Norfolk to bring him home Norfolk police say no knowledge of the finding and Hurricane Branch denies involvement with the case
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Norfolk
Kenneth Beasley
Elizabeth City
N. C
8. M. Beasley
Poplar Branch
Currituck County
Beasiey
Suffolk
Shelly Branch
Mater
Woman Pleaded Guilty in Lynchburg Court
In Lynchburg Virginia Ella Fisher a Roanoke factory girl pleaded not guilty to murder but then admitted second degree murder for killing her newborn by strangling it with a string. The jury fixed a five year penitentiary term. Also Willie Randolph was sentenced to eleven years for two pocketbook snatching offenses. John D. Mays and Clifton O. Mays filed $10,000 slander suits against H H H Newlin.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Corporation Court
Ella Fisher
Roanoke
Willie Randolph
Christian
Alleghany County Court
John D. Mays
Madison Heights
Clifton O. Mays
H H H. Newlin
Doctor F T Little Re-Elected Conference Leader
At the Maryland annual conference of the Methodist Protestant Church in Salisbury on April 5 Rev. Dr. F. T. Little was elected president and W. Phillips of Crisfield secretary. The president reported a gratifying conference condition and the standing committees were announced.
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Washington
Salisbury
Maryland
The
Methodist Protestant Church
F. T. Little
W. Phillips
Crisfield
Lecture on soul science shocks Virginia orthodox
Richmond April 6 state chemist William H. Taylor stirred strong comment with a lecture before the Students of the Medical College of Virginia stating that the soul is a generation of the brain and bound to that organ. He refused to debate critics, attracting Orthodox disapproval. Norfolk April 5 Theodore H. Hall in jail on bigamy charge may be ordered to pay wife Sadie Hall a weekly maintenance of 5 dollars if discharged on the other count. Judge A B Hanckle issued the support order following Mrs Hall's complaint that her husband abandoned her and refused support. The grand jury indicted Hall last Monday based on his wife’s testimony. Richmond April 5 Sergeant Louis Werner was elected chief of police of Richmond, succeeding Captain E P Hulee. Werner’s name was not expected, and he had not been a candidate. he has served on the force many years. Richmond April 5 Judge Edmund Waddill Jr adjourned the United States grand and petit juries and traveled to Charles City County where Rev John M Lamb, his uncle and foster father, is very ill at eighty six.
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Washington Post
Richmond
William H. Taylor
Medical Allege
Virginia
Dee
Elis
Norfolk
Theodore H. Flall
Sadie Hall
A. BR. Hanckle
Corporation Court
Hail
Richmond, Va
Louis Werner
E. P. Hulee Werner
Edmund Waddill, Jr
United States Grand and Petit Juries
Charles City County
John M. Lamb
Lamb
Warsaw
R. A. Sydnor
G. Milton Sydnor
Thomasville
Robert T. McLeod
Rockbridge County
State Auditor
Memorial Hospital
Grip
Fredericke Burs
Misa Mary Sizer
J. M. Sizer
Orange County
Oakland Academy
Louisa County
Sburg
Jonah Tavenner
Philomont
Winchester
Mary Oates
Rutug Oates
Capon Bridge
Hampshire County
W. Va
L. F. Ridenour
Frederick Corny
Warren County
Leesburg
J. Mortimer Kilgour
Fitzgerald
Knights of Columbus
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Igy
Charles T. Hellmuth
Richard L. Carne
J Jr
H. A. Gorman
Howard Stabler
Washington Canton No. 1
Milltant
Alexandria Canton No
Alice B. Chinn
Donna Foster
Baltimore
T.C. Howard
H. Lunt
Cameron Street
Bessie Jones
Columbus Schriver
Charles B. Marshall
Wilmington
Del
Windstorm Ravages Charlotte Area Killing No One
A cyclone like storm swept portions of Iredell and Rowan counties near Mooresville and Spencer. Dozens of houses destroyed, churches damaged, chimneys blown down, and a girl narrowly saved from drowning. Livingston College suffered major damage, with two students seriously injured. Bulwark of the area Carnegie library donation noted.
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N. C
Iredell
Rowan
Mooresville
Spencer
C. E. Fesperman
Friendship Methodist Church
Salisbury
Livingston College
Bailard Hall
JL. Hall
Ernest Robinson
Carnegie
Death of J E Wilkinson Baltimore Court Stenographer
James E Wilkinson a longtime Baltimore court stenographer and reporter of national cases including the Schley court of inquiry died of cerebro spinal meningitis in Baltimore on April 5 1919. The illness marked a third confirmed local case in a month with no other fatalities. Mrs Ella Darby aged forty eight formerly Hyattstown died in Baltimore yesterday. Ex Judge George Y Maynadiler aged sixty five prominent Harford County legal figure suffered a stroke and died today.
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Baltimore
James E. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Malini
Schley Court of Inquiry
Washington
Boyds, Md
Ella Darby
Bellair, Md
George Y. Maynadiler
Maryland
Harford County
Illegal Registration in Norfolk Indicts Hastings Case
Summonses were issued for J B Jones and Coates to appear before the May grand jury in Norfolk as witnesses in indictments against H Hastings and H Dozier for alleged illegal registration. Hastings reportedly admitted being eighteen. Indictments arise from information filed by Jones with Commonwealth's Attorney Tilton.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
J. B. Jones
First Ward
Good Government Democratic Club
Register of Elections
Coates
Corporation Court
Min Hastings
H. Dozier
Hastings
Commonwealth
Tilton
Jones
Obituary notices from Virginia towns list local deaths
A Virginia obituaries roundup reports the deaths of R A Sydnor in Georgia and Robert T McLeod in Richmond with details of ages and survivors. also lists multiple obituaries across Winchester Leesburg and surrounding areas, naming Mary Sizer Jonah Tavenner Mary Oates L F Ridenour J Mortimer Kilgour and family connections with brief causes and locations. The fragment ends with an advertisement for The Sunday Post.
Washington man convicted in mail fraud over pedigreed dogs
In Greensboro on April 5 federal court convicted J L Jordan of fraudulent use of the mails and fined him. He sold $50 pedigreed dogs via mail under the Dan River Kennel Club name from Kernersville North Carolina, deceiving buyers nationwide including a Philadelphia Standard Oil official and a Washington official. Thirty victims traced.
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Washington Post
Greensboro
N. C
J. L. Jordan
Post Office
Reddy
Jordan
Standard Oil
Philadelphia
Washington
Richmond
Dan River Kennel Club
Kernerswile
N.C
New Officers Elected as Woman's Missionary Union Changes Name
Fredericksburg Va April 6 The second day session of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Union of East Hanover Presbytery opened with Mrs J W Smith of Richmond presiding Devotional exercises were led by Mrs Rhodes Papers were read by several members The organization was renamed to Woman's Missionary Union to cover foreign and home work A slate of officers was elected including Mrs J P Smith president and Mrs W B McIlwaine vice president Delegates to the Synodical Union in Roanoke were chosen The group appointed a committee to develop home missionary work
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Woman’s Missionary Union
Fredericksburg
Washington Post
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Union
East Hanover
J. W. Smith
Richmond
Rhodes
Campbell
Burkesville
Jamison
Woman's Missionary Union
Cook
Bon Air
Renny
Henrico County
James Pleasants
Tinford
Lacey
Miss Lacey
Bessie Catlin
Miss Talley
Rutherford
Henry Campbell
Synodical Union
Roanoke
J. P. Smith
Hbegegleston
J. N. Barney
W. B. McIlwaine
Petersburg
Texas Militia Officers Testify Before Richmond Grand Jury
Texas colonel Henry Hutchings and five officers testified before a Richmond grand jury on the First Texas Infantry pay roll irregularities from Manassas maneuvers. No true bills were returned after two grand juries. Additional items note a drug case postponement in Norfolk and a fatal shooting in Tazewell where John Hawkins was accidentally shot.
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Texas
Richmond
Washington Post
First
Texas Infantry
Manassas
Henry Hutchings
Alexandria
Manassas man charged with counterfeit checks and larceny
George W. Taylor faced Judge Scott in Police Court on five counts including passing worthless checks and grand larceny. Four fake pretenses and one larceny each carried a ninety day jail term. Police allege he obtained 20 from Frank Ruppert 10 from Otto Zinn 10 from J Edward Simon and 0 from Robert Mann via checks drawn on First National Bank of Manassas. He was also arraigned on grand larceny for stealing a buggy and harness from Appleton Cody of 309 B Street Northeast, with a $500 bond set to await grand jury action.
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George W. Taylor
Scott
Taylor
Frank Ruppert
Robert Mann
Otto Zinn
J. Edward Simon
First National Bank of
Appleton Cody
B Street
Horse Shocked By Electric Box On H Street
A horse owned by A. W. Estes of 300 I Street NW was severely shocked stepping on a live box on H Street NE yesterday. The horse fell and later recovered. James Fitzgerald, 37, of 2417 G Street NW, received a deep cut over the left eye during a fight and was treated at Emergency Hospital.
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H Street
A. W. Estes
I Street
James Fitzgerald
G Street
Man Threatens Roosevelt with Shotgun at White House
A well dressed man named W. J. Milnes, claiming ties to a Buffalo oil firm, tried to see President Roosevelt at the White House to discuss army major general appointment. Police deemed his mind impaired, he was arrested, then committed to St Elizabeth's Hospital for the Insane after questioning. The Metropolitan Hotel reported Milnes had stayed there several times and carried a shotgun in past years.
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Roosevelt
W. 3. Milnes
Jamison
House of Detention
Milnes
First Precinct
Buffalo Oil, Paint, and Varnish Company
Espy
Columbia County
Metropolitan Sotel
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Metropolitan Hotel
Alexandria News In Brief Insults and incidents in this city section
A pavement cave in at the old Braddock House site in Alexandria sent C M Griffin Jr into the cellar and left him bruised but fortunate. The incident highlights dangerous conditions under the building. Also in brief, Miss Lulu Cox and Mr William Reardon wed in Washington, an engine collision near Waterloo injures two, Knighthood weekly debuts for Knights of Columbus, and various civic notices including Canton No 2 instituting in Alexandria. Second item notes naval armor test success at Indian Head and a street assault on a boy by a brick attacker near North Capitol and C streets Northwest.
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Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
C M. Griffin
Braddock House
C. M. Griffin, Jr
Griffin
Nfe
Fairfax Street
HB. V. Regester
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Washington
Southern Railroad
Waterloo
Alexandria County
Millard S. Wicer
Douglass Lunsford
Ieer
Naval Proving Grounds
Indian Head
Navy Yard
Tennessee
Mason
Bureau of Ordnance
Negro Injured in a Fight in Southwest City
Luther Brown a twenty eight year old barber was treated at the Emergency Hospital last night for scalp wounds after a fight in the southwest section. He went home at Sixth and K streets southwest after treatment. Hartford April 5 a house resolution provides for a monument to Gen Joseph R Hawley to be placed on the capital grounds at a cost not more than
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Luther Brown
Brown
Hawley
Hartford
Conn
Joseph R. Hawley
Thought It All Right Hooker Hearing At Albany
Melvin H Taylor former Fredonia postmaster testified before the New York assembly Judiciary committee probing Justice Warren B Hooker. He said he was appointed through Hooker and that employee Frank Ball drew over 2000 dollars in salary without working. Taylor admitted ignorance of Ball’s time report and claimed no explanation for the arrangement. Maurice Hooker, Justice Hooker’s nephew, allegedly got a job after Taylor wrote to Hooker. Taylor noted a female employee cleaned the office for 8 to 12 dollars monthly. Representative B E Vreeland said the Dunkirk post office appointments followed requests to Washington from Hooker or Lester H Stearns.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Kascamp
Maryland
Potomac Rf
Masqnolia
Albany
Melvin H. Taylor
Fredonia
M. D
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Warren B. Hooker
Taylor
Justice Hooker
Frank P. Bail
Fredonian
Hooker
Ball
Tgam
Assemblyman Stevens
Mr. Taylor
Mrn Ball
Department
Maurice Hooker
Stevens
B. E. Vreeland
Congress
Dunkirk Post-Office
Washington
Judge Hooker
Lester H. Stearns
Convicted Desertion Case From Governors Island Court Martial
The War Department received the Governors Island court martial record of George Steven Halli, arrested in New York City in December for desertion from 1901. Hall claimed he was not Richard G Bennings of the Second Artillery, but the court found him guilty and sentenced him to a dishonorable discharge and eighteen months at hard labor. the department commander said the case was reviewed but a final decision was not stated.
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Governors Island
War Department
George Steven Halli
New York City
Army
Hall
Richard G. Bennings
Second Artillery
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